Hay or grain stacker.



No. 676,4I2. Patented lune I8, |901. A; BOUCHEY.

HAY 0B GRAIN STACKER.

(Application led Feb. 14, 1901.\

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

No. 676,4!2. Patented lune I8, I90I.

j A. BOUCHEY.

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(Application led Feb. 14, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2..

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UNITED STATES PATENT `OEEICE..

ALFONSO BOUOHEY, OF MAPLEHILL, KANSAS.

HAY OR GRAIN STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 676,412, dated June 18, 1901.

Application filed February 14, 1901. Serial No. 47,313. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFoNso BoUcHEY, a citizen cf the United States, residing at Maplehill, in the county of Wabaunsee and'State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hay or Grain Stacker, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention is an improved grain and hay stacker; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hayandgrainstacker constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, partly in section, on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is apartial longitudinal central sectional view of my improved grain and hay stacker with the feeder removed and the hopper-box for feeding headed grain thereto substituted instead of the feeder. Fig. 4 is a partial top plan View of the same.

The supporting wheeled frame 1 may be of any suitable construction. As here shown it comprises a pair of side beams 2 and crossbars 3 4, which connect the same together.A

A pair of vertical standards 5 rise from the beams 2 at a suitable distance from the front end of the frame and have their upper ends connectedtogether by a plate 6. At a suitable distance in rear of the standards 5 are a pair of vertical standards 7, which are somewhat higher than the standards 5 and have their upper ends connected together by a plate 8. On the rear end of the frame l is a bolster 9, which is provided on its upper side with a guide l0, comprising a bottom bar 1l and vertical sides l2. ln this guide and adapted to be shifted longitudinally th-erein in a direction transverse with relation to the frame 1 is a sill 13, which supports a gallowsframe 14, the same comprising vertical studs 15, a plate 16, which connects their upper ends together, and brace-bars 17, which brace the said gallows-'frame against lateral stress. The standards 5 7 are connected together near their upper ends by inclined bars 1S. Horiz'ontally-disposed longitudinal bars 19 are bolted or otherwise secured to the said standards 5 7, their rear ends projecting beyond said standards 7, and the said rear ends of the said bars 19 are provided with elongated slots 20. Brace-bars 21 are rigidly attached to the sides of the gallows-frame and have their front ends flexibly connected to the standards 7, as at 22. On the side bars 2 at the front end of frame l are bearings 23.

The frame 24 of an inclined feed-conveyer 25 is secured to and supported by the standards 5 7. A shaft 26 has its bearings in the vsaid frame 24, at the lower end thereof, and

in bearing-blocks 27 on the frame l, and said shaft has at one end a sprocket-wheel 28. Said shaft is further provided with pulleys 29, which' are disposed immediately within the sides ot' frame 24. A shaft 30 has its bearings in the sides of frame 24, at the upper rear' end of the latter. Said shaft 30 has pulleys 3l, which are in line and identical with the pulleys 29 and are connected to the latter by endless traveling belts 32, which are con-nected together by suitable flights 33. The said belts 32 and ights 33 constitute, in connection with the supporting and actuating shafts 26 30, an endless traveling feed-conveyer, as will be understood.

A power-shaft 34 is journaled in bearings under the sides of framel and is provided with a power-pulley 35 and with sprocketwheels 36 37, which are on opposite sides of frame '1. An endless sprocket-chain 33 connects the sprocket-wheels 28 and 36. Power is thereby conveyed from the power-shaft 34 to the endless traveling feed-conveyer, as will be understood.

The frame 3S of the elevator which conveys the hay and grain to the stack is formed of a lower section 39 and an upper outer section. 40, the saidsections being hinged together at their meeting ends, on their lower sides, as at 41, and thereby the outer section 40 is adapted to be folded inward under the lower section 39 when the machine is not in use in order to compactly dispose the same. The shaft 42 at the lower end of the lower section 39 has its projecting ends bearing in the slots 2O of the bars 19. Thereby the lower end of the frame 38 is supported, and the said frame is adapted to be swayed laterally in order to deposit the hay or grain on different portions of the stack, the ends of the shaft 42 playing inthe slots 20. The said frame 38 passes through thegal-v lows-frame 15, and the latter is provided withsheaves 43.

A winch 44 is mounted on the frame 1, and hoisting-ropes 45 are connected to the said winch, pass over the sheaves43, and are attached to the frame 38 at a suitable distance from the outer end of the latter. By

this means the4 frame 38 may be raised andv lowered, as may be required. In the outer end of the outer upper section of the frame 38 is a shaft 46. Said shaft 46 and shaft 42 are provided with suitable pulleys 47, which operate the endless traveling belts 4 8. The said belts carry transversely-disposed flights 50, which serve to elevate the hay or grain, as will be understood. The gallows-frame is adjustable laterally on the bolster 9, thereby serving to turn the elevator-frame 38 to any required position. The sides 12 of guide 10 are provided with adjusting-openings 5l. (Indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.) The sill 13 of the gallows-frame has a similar opening 52, which registers successively with the openings 5l when the gallows-frame is laterally adjusted. A locking-pin 53 is inserted in the registering openings 5l 52 in order to lock the gallows-frame and elevator-frame at any required adjustment.

The shaft 42 has a sprocket-wheel y54, which is connected by an endless sprocket-chain 55 to a `sprocket-wheel 56 on the power-shaft 34. Said sprocket-wheels 54 and 56 are at the centers of their respective shafts, and hence power is conveyed from the shaft to the endless traveling elements of the elevator at all j adjustments of the latter, as will be underdescribe.

A frame 57 has at its upper end a shaft 58, which has its bearings in the bearing-blocks 23 at the front end of frame l.. The lower end of the said frame when the machine is Y in operation rests on the ground. At a suitl vided with sprocket-wheels 62.

v which project from their outer sides.

able distance from the lower end of frame 58, on opposite sides thereof, are adjustable bearings 59, in which is journaled a shaft 60. The latter `is provided with pulleys 61, spaced at suitable distances apart. Shaft 58 is pro- Endless traveling conveying sprocket-chains 63connect the sprocket-wheels 62 and the pulley 61 and are provided with suitable spurs or teeth 64, The shaft 58 has at one end a sprocket-wheel 65, which is connected to the sprocket-wheel 37 on shaft 34 by an endless sprocket-chain 66. Thereby power is transmitted from the powershaft 34 to the shaft 58, and the upper leads of the endless sprocket-chains 63 are caused to travel upwardly and rearwardly on the bottom of the frame 57, and hence the said chains and the spurs or teeth with which they are f provided serve to feed hay or straw thrown la pivotal connection between the frame 37 of the feeder and the front end of the frame 1, and hence when the machine is not in operation the feeder frame may be folded up against the frame formed by the standards 5 and plates G, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in order to compactly dispose the same out of the way. A series of feed-bars 66, which are connected together by cross-bars 67, are pivotally attached to the lower portion of the feeder-framed?, as at 68. The said feederbars, when the machine is used for stacking straw as the same is discharged from the threshing-machine, are run under the rear end of the threshing-machine. The pivotal connection between the feeder-bars and feederframe enable the former to adapt themselves to any inequality of the ground and to bear on the ground independently'fof the lower side of the feeder-frame 57.

When my'improved stacker is employed for stacking headed grain, the feeder, hereinbefore described, is removed and a feeder box or hopper 69, which is of the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, is employed in lieu thereof. The sides of said feeder box or hopper are connected by a crossbar of cylindrical form, the endsof which project beyond the sides of said box or hopper and form trunnions, which are adapted to rest in the bearings 23 to support said feeder box or hopper in position. The sides of the latter overlap the sides of the feederconveyer, and the inclined bottom of the said feeder box or hopper by gravity feeds the vheaded grain thrown thereon to the feederconveyer, as will be understood.

While the frame of the elevator is here shown as being formed in two sections, hinged together, this construction is optional and the frame of the elevator may be rigidly constructed, if preferred.

In order to cause the endless traveling belts of the feed-conveyer and elevator to travel at the same rate of speed under all conditions and to prevent them from slipping on the pulleys, the respective belts of said feed-conveyer and elevator are connectedtogether by crossed belts 71. Hence the flights of said feed-conveyer and elevator are at all times maintained at right angles to said belts, as will be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a stacker of the class described, the combination of a supporting-frame, a feederconveyer thereon, an elevator-conveyer having pivots at its lower end mounted in slotted bearings with which the supporting-frame is provided, a laterally-movable gallows-frame through which said elevator-conveyer ex- IOO IIO

tends, and means to raise and lower the outer end of said elevator-convcyer, substantially as described.

2. In a stacker of the class described, the combination of a supporting-frame, having slotted bearings, a power-shaft having a sprocket-wheel, a `laterally-adjustable frame mounted on the supporting-frame, an elevator-conveyer having an operating-shaft at its lower end supported by said adjustable frame and jonrnaled in said slotted bearings of the supporting-frame, said operating-shaft having a sprocket-wheel, and an endless 'sprocketchain connecting the said sprocket-Wheels of said power and operating shafts, substantially as described.

3. A stacker of the class described, having a feeder comprising a frame, pivotally sup'- ported at its upper end and at its lower end adapted to rest on the ground, endless travclin g carrier elem ents mounted on said feederelements, substantially as described.

4. A stacker of the class described having a feeder comprising a frame, pivotally supported at its upper end and at its lower end adapted to rest on the ground, endless trav: eling carrier elements mounted on said feederframe, and feeder-bars pivotally attached to the lower portion ot' said frame and adapted to bear at their lower ends on the ground, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim 'the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

his ALFONSO X BOUCHEY. mark Witnesses:

JOHN OGILvY, JOHN SCOTT.

frame, and rinclined feeder-bars at the lower v side of said frame, conducting to said carrierk 

